Author: Jane Fitzgerald – Lecturer (School of Health Sciences) On the 17th April UCLan hosted Microsoft’s Digital Transformation at Scale conference. From keynote speakers to individual workshops, the day was pure inspiration from start to finish. I learned that digital transformation isn’t just at UCLan – it’s across the world Read more…
Author: Caroline Carlin, TELT . Animation: Laura Ridings, TELT The world of work is changing at a rapid pace. Digital innovations such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence and augmented/virtual reality are creating new roles, transforming existing ones and making others non-existent. Whilst this shift presents exciting opportunities, it also demands Read more…
Author: Simon Hawkesworth, TELT Contract cheating, where a student either contracts someone to write the submission for them or has the content provided for them by another party, is an issue that’s increasingly troubling the HE sector. The fact that contract cheating can act to undermine academic integrity is compounded Read more…
Author: Kirstie Harrison, School of Nursing Existing Approach or Challenge “We’ve always done it this way” I don’t know about how you feel when you hear this phrase, but I believe that it can really stifle a team’s motivation for change, hinder innovation and really disrupt a team that is Read more…
Author: Neesha Ridley – Senior Lecturer (School of Community Health and Midwifery) The Royal College of Nursing (2018) recognise the change in the role of the nurse and midwife over recent years. Within health care, data and technology has become central to the work of nurses and midwives, where most students and staff already document Read more…